March 30, 2008 
TRANSFIGURATION/STS. PETER & PAUL PARISH
WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 
Divine Mercy Sunday - 2nd Sunday of Easter 

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: As a way to prepare for Mass next Sunday, you may pray with the readings for next Sunday’s Mass: Acts of the Apostles 2:14, 22-23; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24: 13-35

RUMMAGE SALE - Sts. Peter & Paul annual Spring Rummage Sale will be held in the church hall (please use Lincoln St. entrance) on FRIDAY, APRIL 18th from 9 AM - 3 PM and on SATURDAY, APRIL 19th from 9 AM - 12 noon. Saturday is also “Bag Day” - fill a bag for just $1.00
Donations may be dropped off at the hall on Wednesday, April 16th from 1 PM - 4 PM and on Thursday, April 17th from 4 PM - 7 PM. Please donate new or clean-gently used clothing, household item and toys. NO FURNITURE PLEASE!
Your donations and support will help make our sale a success. Hope to see you at our sale……
NOTE - THERE WILL ALSO BE HALUSKI ON SALE AT THE RUMMAGE SALE (EAT IN OR TAKE OUT) COST: $2.50/PINT OR $5.00/QUART
Proceeds benefit Sts. Peter & Paul Altar & Rosary Society.

THANK YOU to everyone who gave so generously to our parish’s Easter collection. As you already know, our church really depends on the generosity of the parishioners for the Easter & Christmas collections. Thank you so much!
- Fr. Mark

QUOTE FOR INSPIRATION AND ACTION: 
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

THANK YOU to all who participate in our Living Stations on Good Friday. It was a wonderful presentation for all to see. Thank you to our leaders who worked so hard and devoted their time to assist our youth at this time.

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

(STS) In memory of NEIL MANFREDI
requested by Wife, Helen
on the 5th anniversary of his death

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH AND ALL OUR HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS. 
STS - Anthony Novitsky 

TR - Michael Marsyada
Agnes Kopec 
Emro Shivy 

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Rose Marie Tomko (TR), Daniel Minor (TR), Betty Majko (TR), Gerdi Kapuschinsky (TR), Al Matusick (TR)and Tracey Fox (TR) 

THANK YOU to ST. THERESA’S SOCIETY OF TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH for placing an ad in our bulletin. Please remember to support the businesses/groups that support our Parish Bulletin.
CCD DIRECTOR:

CCD NEWS
CHERYL KRIEGER
454-2094

March 30 - CCD Class
April 6 - CCD Class
April 13 - CCD Class
April 20 - CCD Class
April 27 - CCD Class (Last CCD Class for the Year)
May 4 - 1st Holy Communion (11 AM Mass)
May 11 - May Crowning

COLLECTION FOR: 3-23-2008

(TR) Envelopes issued 647 - envelopes used 284 (offering)
(STS) Envelopes issued 133 - envelopes used 65 (offering)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY “DAFFODIL SUNDAY OF HOPE” - The American Cancer Society shall be selling bunches of Daffodils on SATURDAY, MARCH 29th and SUNDAY, MARCH 30th at the Laurel Mall and the Church Hill Mall at a cost of $8.00 / bunch of 10 daffodils. Please support this worthwhile cause by purchasing a bunch of daffodils.

CALLED TO HOLINESS AND MISSION - PROPOSED PARISH ASSEMBLIES:
There will be four important sessions for the Parish evaluations in which ALL parishioners are invited to attend. They will be held in their own parish church from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. The schedule is as follows:
Session 1 - Eucharist, Prayer & Communion
Session 2 - Evangelization, Formation & Education
Session 3 - Vocation, Stewardship & Justice
Session 4 - Stewardship & Administration

DATES FOR STS. PETER & PAUL ASSEMBLIES:
Mon. - March 3 (Session 1) - parishioners attended - 12
Mon. - March 10 (Session 2) - parishioners attended - 13
Sun. - March 16 (Session3) - parishioners attended - 11
Mon- March 24 (Session 4) - parishioners attended - 11

DATES FOR TRANSFIGURATION ASSEMBLIES:
Wed. - March 5 (Session 1) - parishioners attended - 15
Wed. - March 12 (Session 2) - parishioners attended - 8
Wed. - March 19 (Session 3) - parishioners attended - 10
Wed. - March 26 (Session 4)

“GODSPELL” (The Musical) - The M.P.B. Community Players will hold an encore presentation of their production of the musical “GODSPELL” on Saturday, March 29th at 7:00 PM at Holy Family Academy, 1700 W. 22nd Street in Hazleton. Proceeds from the revival will benefit Catholic Social Services of Hazleton. “Godspell” is the telling of the life and teachings of Jesus, based on the Gospel of Matthew.
General admission tickets will also be available at the door.

EASTER FLOWERS - All Easter Flower envelopes will be placed on the altar during the Easter season. You may request the flowers in memory of a loved one, if you wish. They will be placed on the altar on Easter Sunday and will remain there until the end of April.

ON THE HORIZON ….

April 2 - Transfiguration Assembly - 7 PM
April 13 - Youth Group Breakfast - TR 
School - 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
April 16 - DROP OFF items for Rummage 
Sale at STS. Hall from 1-4 PM
April 17 - St. Theresa Society Meeting - 6 PM - TR Rectory
Dining Room
April 17 - DROP OFF items for Rummage Sale at STS. Hall
from 4-7 PM
April 18 - Rummage Sale at STS. PETER & PAUL Hall 
9 AM - 3 PM
April 19 - Rummage Sale at STS. PETER & PAUL Hall
“Bag Day” (fill a bag for $1.00) 9 AM - 12 noon
April 21 - TR Church - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(after the 7 AM Mass to 9 AM)
April 21 - West Hazleton Crime Watch Meeting - 7 PM - 
in Pastoral Center
April 26 - YOUTH RALLY at Holy Family Academy
10 AM - 4 PM

MARCH 30TH - DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY will be held at the Church and National Shrine 
of the Sacred Heart in Harleigh 
beginning at 2:00 PM, Veneration of the Divine Mercy Image, Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Confessions & Devotions. 3:00 PM the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be chanted, followed by Benediction and Mass.
All are invited to attend!

ADDRESS CHANGES - If you have a name, address or even a phone number change, please contact the Rectory. Even if you notified the Post Office of your new address, they will not forward your church envelopes or any of our other mailings directly to you. Thank you for your continued help in keeping our data base current.

PRAYER FOR PRIESTS - Eternal Father, we lift up to you these and all the priests of the world. Sanctify them. Heal and guide them. Mold them into the likeness and holiness of your Son, Jesus, the Eternal High Priest. May their lives be pleasing to you. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

March 30 - Rev. Arulanandu David
March 31 - Msgr. Michael J. Delaney 
April 1 - Rev. Balaraju Desam
April 2 - Rev. Raymond L. Deviney
April 3 - Rev. Terrance P. Devino, S.J.
April 4 - Msgr. William L. Donovan
April 5 - Rev. John A. Doris

FRIENDLY REMINDER CONCERNING FUNERALS - In the event of a funeral, the 7 Am daily Mass at Transfiguration shall be cancelled. Please consult the Hazleton Standard Speaker Obituaries daily for this information. IF we know of a scheduled funeral ahead of time, it will be announced at all weekend and weekday masses. Signs will also be posted on the front doors of the church when we find out there will be a funeral. Thank you for your kind understanding in this matter. 

YOUTH RALLY - Our Southern Luzerne Deanery is sponsoring “SPRING SPIRATION YOUTH RALLY” which is targeted for youth in grades 6th, 7th and 8th. Fun - Food - Entertainment - Prayer - Discussion and Skits will be part of the day on SATURDAY, APRIL 26th, 2008 from 10 AM to 4 PM at Holy Family Academy! 
Please join Fr. Jeff Walsh and other Youth Leaders for this fun-filled day. COST: $5.00
Please call Susan Houseknecht at 384-3912 if you have any additional questions. There are additional registration forms available in the back of each church. Forms may be returned through the collection basket in a plain envelop marked “YOUTH RALLY”. Hope to see you there…….

LIFELINE - No one has to have an abortion. To all of those in crisis pregnancies, I pledge our support and our financial help. Come to the Catholic Church. Let us walk with you through your time of trouble. Let us help you affirm life. Let us help you find a new life with your child, or let us help you place that child in a loving home. But please, I beg you: let us help you affirm life. 
- Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, October 1, 2007
Installation Mass, Baltimore, MD 

A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE - In today’s gospel Jesus tells us: “As the Father sent me, so I send you.” Become who you are called to be, ambassadors of peace and forgiveness.

MEMORIALS - Memorial donations were given to Transfiguration Church in memory of EDWARD BUNK, SR. by Dorothy Ann Foran and David & Agnes Rohrbach. Thank you for remembering Transfiguration Church!

THE DEEP WATERS - All High School Youth are invited to attend “The Deep Waters” sessions scheduled for APRIL 3rd at the Sacred Heart Shrine in Harleigh from 
6-8 PM. This weeks topic for Freshman & Sophomores is “Sacraments - at Service of Communion” (part 1) and for Juniors and Seniors is “Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius” (part 1). You are welcome to attend even if you have not attended a previous session or if you are not registered. Please come join us!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SACRAMENTS OF 1ST PENANCE, 1ST EUCHARISTAND CONFIRMATION - Diocesan policy states that two years of preparation are required before celebration of the sacraments of FIRST PENANCE, FIRST EUCHARIST AND CONFIRMATION. Thus, all students receiving First Penance and First Eucharist in 2010, MUST be enrolled in the first grade CCD Class in September 2008. 
All students who wish to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation in 2010, MUST be enrolled in CCD Class in September 2008.
Next year’s CCD registration forms will be available in April. Please return them to the Rectory ASAP. A second sign-up session is scheduled for Sunday, June 1st after the 11 AM Mass for those who haven’t already signed up at Transfiguration Church in the Altar Server Sacristy. Please be prompt in this matter.
If you have any additional questions, please contact our Director of Religious Education, Cheryl Krieger at 454-2094.



ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO GO TO CHURCH - Better Behaved Teenagers - A major study in 1998 reviewed religion’s role in reducing high-risk behavior among high school students. The study was conducted by J.M. Wallace and T.A. Forman at the University of Michigan. A random group of 5,000 students - a very large sample - from 135 American High Schools was selected for the study. A range of high-risk behaviors was studied, including interpersonal violence, driving under the influence of alcohol, carrying a weapon to school, cigarette and marijuana smoking, binge drinking, and seat belt use. They also studied lifestyle behaviors such as diet, exercise and sleep patterns. The researchers found that church attendance was associated with fewer deliberate, potentially injurious behaviors, less substance abuse, and better lifestyle choices. Those who indicated religion was important to them were far less likely to have taken a gun to school. 
- J.M. Wallace and T.A. Forman,
“Religion’s Role in Promoting Health and 
Reducing the Risk Among American Youth”

MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL CHINESE AUCTION - There will be a Chinese Auction at Marian Catholic High School in Hometown on SUNDAY, APRIL 6th in the School Gym. Doors will open at 11 AM and the Auction begins at 2:30 PM. Browsing will also be held on Saturday, April 5th from 5 PM to 8 PM. 
In conjunction with the auction, there will be home made food on sale along with a bake sale. THERE WILL ALSO BE CHANCES SOLD FOR “BLOCK BUSTER PRIZES”. COST: 3/$1.00 Prizes include: 32 “ Flat Screen TV, Luggage Set, Futons, Gas Grill and many more.
This is a very large Chinese Auction. Please help support Marian High School with this worthwhile cause. 

MEMORIALS - A memorial was given to Transfiguration Church in memory of GEORGE RITZ by his wife, Rosalia Ritz. Thank you for remembering Transfiguration Church!

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